Commercial Breeding with Sexed Stallion Semen: Reality or Fiction?

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 471-474

  Samper, Juan C ^a   Morris, Lee ^b   Peña, Fernando J ^c   Plough, Tracy A ^a  

^a JCS Veterinary Reproductive Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b Equibreed New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Sex sorted sperm; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864946261     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2012.06.018     Document Type: Review

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